“I could not believe this. I was going to be hacked to shreds to the accompaniment of applause.”
“A wise man has doubts even in his best moments. Real truth is always accompanied by hesitations. If I could not hesitate, I could not believe.”
“I could see you drop dead this minute from paralysis of the brain cells and burst into uninhibited applause.”
“He wrote, You're being crazy. You're going to catch a cold. I already have a cold. You are going to catch a colder. I could not believe he was making a joke. And I could not believe I laughed.”
“I think a funny picture would have a caption that read, “Believe in yourself,” with an accompanying image of a wilting flower.”
“He could shred me so easily. A few words, a desperate look, and I was cut wide open.”